Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-09
RAILROAD REVOLUTIONS
THE FIGHT OVER THE SALE OF
TICKETS STILL ON.

Passenger Agents of Western Lines
Warned to be on Guard Against Dit
criminating Agsinat the Peunsylvania
Koad-A Son of Senator Push Given
One of the Interstate Commission
C,erkships.
| WASHINGTON, April 8.-The Interstate
Commerce Commission has appointed E.
l.. Pugh, OF Alabama, to clerkship
under that commission. Mr.. Pugh is a
son of Senator Pugh. This Is the first
appointment made by the commission.
| THE CESSATION OF PRORATING.
CHICAGO, April S.-Since the prorating
! arrangements between the Western and
Eastern lines on freight from the sea-
board to the Missouri river and beyond
was declared off, the larger portion OF
that traffic has been diverted away from
Chicago and through st. Louis, rates to
Kansas City being from &c. to Sc. lower
via st. Louis. 1t is understood that early
next week the Chicago and Kansas City
roads will issue new freight tariff
which will equalize rates via both cities
and stop the diversion OF the traffic away
from Chicago.
The general passenger agent OF the
Pennsylvania company has sent a private
! and confidential letter TO the general pas
| senger agents of the Western lines stat
ing that his road had only TEN porarily
agreed to the allowance of dtferential
passenger rates to weak lines east OF
Chicago and st. Louis, and that his COM
pany would claim tnat any road selling a
through ticket at a rate higher than an
| tNth hnR. az
Under the interstate law he asks the
views of the passenger agents on the mat
ter. Tne move is understood to be one TO
deprive the Chicago and Grand Trunk
and other lines of the privilege OF making
a rate to the seaboard OF 81 80 less than
the strong lines, as now agreed to.
A move Is on foot to send on from this
city protest OF merchants and shippers
against the action OF the Interstate Com
mission in suspending the operation of
the long and short haul clause at various
points. The special grievance here is
the suspension affecting the route across
the lake from Milwaukee.
TWENTY-FIVE ROADS TO BE CUT OFF,
The Michigan Central road will to-
morrow issue a circular boycottIng
twenty-five roads upon which trunk lines
have placed their ban, and all through
tickets over Western lines will be taken
off sale. The Chicago roads exempted
from the boycott are the Northwestern,
Illinois Central, and Milwaukee and st.
Paul. All Of the roads leading to Kansas
City are barred, SO that traveller from
the East cannot buy a through ticket 10
hatpoint. AS the Lake Shore Joined the
boycott to-day, the Baltimore and Ohio
and Grand Trunk are now the only sea-
board lines which are not turning West
ern tickets to the wall. Neither side
shows any signs OF yielding, and the boy
colt will probably continue until the mat
ter is brought before the Interstate Com
mission.
DENVER AND RIO GRANDE'S FIGHT.
DENVER, COL, April S.-The situation
regarding the fight between the Denver
and Rio Grande and the Eastern lines bas
changed but little, the only new feature
being that the Denver and Rio Grande
has issued instructions TO its agents in
Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Cali.
f0rnia to send all business over the Balti-
more and Ohio, which is competitive
business, of any trunk lines that have
turned Denver and Rio Grande tickets to
the wall.
JOINS THE BoYCOTTER.
CLEVELAND, o., April S.--The Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railway
joined the boycott against the Western
llUbS luio py a
Dental circular to its ticket agents in
structIng them to turn to the wal
the coupon issues of thrty-four
lines.
JACKSON GRUMBLING.
JACKSON, MISS, April o.-The working
of the interstate commerce law affects
Jackson very seriously so far. All spe-
ciaI rates have been withdrawn and the
general tariff increased by from 8 to 30
per cent. Numerous complaints are
heard on account OF excessive freight
charges.
TEXAS CUT OFF.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April S.-A private
dispatch from prominent railroad centre
in Texas says no through tickets are now
on sale from points in Texas to points
east of st. Louis and New Orleans, and
that it is not known when there Will be.
Ii Is not stated whether this is retalia-
tory measure or whether the present con-
dition of affairs is taken advantage of as
reason or preteXt for breaking up the
system, which it is understood has for a
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